Archive for November 9th, 2008
PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA. ‘My tears stood for all the things I believe in’
I was at home with my husband and two of my three children when we found out that Barack Obama was our next president. I cried, for the renewal of the American dream. I cried for my three adopted children, all children of colour. I cried for my Italian immigrant mother who was not here [...]
WITNESSING HISTORY. How Americans share where they were and how they felt when Obama was elected.
At exactly 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Bonie Allen of Petaluma and her daughter, Nina Kelsey, were crossing Donner Pass “after having struggled in the dark to put on our never-before-used tire chains”. They had been up since 6 a.m., spending the day in Reno going door-to-door hanging get-out-the-vote fliers. The roads were icy, the radio [...]
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